How to Use carbon fiber in a Sentence

carbon fiber

noun
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  • The door panels are lighter, and carbon fiber is seen everywhere.
    — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Springy carbon fiber is tightly regulated in running but welcomed in pole vaulting.
    — Bree Iskandar, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
  • The wood and carbon fiber slats can be tilted 90 degrees to allow in light and reveal a glimpse of the tunnels underneath.
    — NBC News, 4 May 2021
  • Those blades, made of carbon fiber and fiberglass composites held together with plastics, are tougher to recycle.
    — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The carbon fiber blades are bigger, stiffer and spin faster than would be necessary if Ingenuity were designed for flight on Earth.
    — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The rotorcraft’s ultralight carbon fiber blades, for instance, have to spin incredibly fast to generate enough lift to get it off the ground.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Named after one of the oldest horse breeds, the Akhal-Teke, the bike features a simple and elegant monocoque carbon fiber frame.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Inside, the interior is bathed in exposed carbon fiber, with its immaculate, glossy weave all over the dashboard and transmission tunnel.
    — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 11 May 2021
  • Sketches showed upscale materials — either genuine wood, aluminum and carbon fiber or convincing replicas.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Owners of the Bugatti pool table will also find that carbon fiber is used in the wall cue support, which features a 13-inch, high-resolution touch screen to keep track of scores.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 May 2021
  • That module snaps onto the hiker using a pair of carbon fiber braces for each leg hidden beneath a pair of Arc’teryx Gamma hiking pants to make the apparatus easy to get on and off.
    — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 29 July 2024
  • Four hinged carbon fiber rods attach the stem to the edges of the structure.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Much of the rest of the bike is made of carbon fiber or aluminum, in an attempt to keep weight to 660 pounds.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 June 2021
  • McLaren The lightweight carbon fiber track seats weigh just 7.4 lbs (3.4 kg) each and come in two sizes.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Most trekking poles are made of aluminum or carbon fiber.
    — Hannah Singleton, SELF, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The mirror caps and side strakes can be done in carbon fiber or in black to match the window surrounds, hood vents, and roof rails.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The cabin also, of course, features its fair share of carbon fiber.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The 2024 edition of the sleek sports car features a new body made only of carbon fiber, dropping its weight to a new low.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2023
  • It’s made with the brand’s proprietary carbon fiber blend, which gives you more control of aim and spin.
    — Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
  • The gear lever has been moved rearwards, closer to the driver, and is now a shaft of carbon fiber rather than a spindly metal wand.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 11 July 2023
  • The first batch of Skydio R1 drones will be the Frontier Edition, hand-made from aluminum and carbon fiber.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Like its Mercedes cousin, there's plenty of carbon fiber—that whole hard top, in fact.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 25 June 2021
  • The pod seats five, and the lightweight structure is constructed from forged carbon fiber.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 19 July 2022
  • Mounted in the electric truck's five-foot-long bed, the housing is made of carbon fiber and features a pop-up roof.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Cyan reinforces the unibody with steel and carbon fiber.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2022
  • These can be steel or composite, which can be a mix of carbon fiber, fiberglass, or kevlar.
    — Bob Beacham, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The steering wheel is heated and a carbon fiber choice is optional.
    — James Raia, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • They’re made of Kevlar, carbon fiber, plastic, or fiberglass.
    — Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This has a large gaming surface with a sleek carbon fiber texture.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Connecting them is a pair of carbon fiber rods that, as the wearer walks, act like springs to propel the foot forward.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Nov. 2021

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